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Dumka
Constituency No. 10 for the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
LS constituency	Dumka
Established	2000
Total electors	2,50,994
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
5th Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Basant Soren
Party	JMM
Elected year	2024

Dumka is an assembly constituency in the Indian state of Jharkhand.

Overview

Dumka Assembly constituency covers: Dumka Town, Dumka Muffassil and Masalia Police Stations in Dumka district.

This seat is reserved for Scheduled Tribes.

Dumka Assembly constituency is part of Dumka (Lok Sabha constituency).

Members of Legislative Assembly

^by-election

Election results

Assembly election 2024

Assembly by-election 2020

2020 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly by-election: Dumka

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JMM	Basant Soren	80,559	50.02%	1.16
	BJP	Louis Marandi	73,717	45.77%	4.86
	NOTA	Nota	3,665	2.28%	0.91
	Independent	Sunita Murmu	1,864	1.16%	New
	API	Dular Marandi	1,498	0.93%	New
	Independent	Sanjay Tudu	838	0.52%	New
	Independent	Dr. Srilal Kisku	609	0.38%	New
	Independent	Babudhan Murmu	487	0.30%	New
	Independent	Maykal Hembram	469	0.29%	New
Margin of victory			6,842	4.25%	3.71
Turnout			1,61,050	65.62%	2.96
Registered electors			2,50,994		1.62
	JMM hold		Swing	1.16

Assembly election 2019

2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Dumka

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JMM	Hemant Soren	81,007	48.86%	7.36
	BJP	Louis Marandi	67,819	40.91%	3.74
	JVM(P)	Anjula Murmu	3,156	1.90%	1.01
	JD(U)	Marshal Rishiraj Tudu	2,409	1.45%	New
	NOTA	Nota	2,267	1.37%	New
	Loktantrik Janshakti Party	Ramchandra Murmu	1,530	0.92%	New
	Independent	Ramcharan Singh	1,524	0.92%	New
	Independent	Sanjay Tudu	1,124	0.68%	New
	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (Ulgulan)	Devid Tudu	1,102	0.66%	New
	Independent	Dr. Srilal Kisku	1,026	0.62%	New
	CPI	Abinash Tudu	918	0.55%	New
Margin of victory			13,188	7.96%	4.81
Turnout			1,65,779	67.12%	2.12
Registered electors			2,46,984		9.46
	JMM gain from BJP		Swing	4.21

Assembly election 2014

2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Dumka

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Louis Marandi	69,760	44.65%	16.03
	JMM	Hemant Soren	64,846	41.50%	10.53
	JVM(P)	Bablu Kumar Murmu	4,552	2.91%	New
	INC	Sagen Murmu	3,594	2.30%	21.73
	Independent	Babu Dhan Murmu	3,514	2.25%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	3,200	2.05%	New
	Jharkhand Party	Garjen Murmu	2,057	1.32%	New
	Independent	Rajesh Besra	1,464	0.94%	New
	Independent	Baghrai Soren	1,348	0.86%	New
	CPI(ML)L	Bhunda Baski	869	0.56%	New
Margin of victory			4,914	3.15%	0.79
Turnout			1,56,239	69.24%	10.94
Registered electors			2,25,642		15.99
	BJP gain from JMM		Swing	13.68

Assembly election 2009

2009 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Dumka

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JMM	Hemant Soren	35,129	30.97%	12.64
	BJP	Louis Marandi	32,460	28.62%	5.03
	INC	Stephen Marandi	27,256	24.03%	New
	CPI(M)	Subhash Hembrom	3,031	2.67%	New
	AITC	Ashok Kumar Murmu	2,012	1.77%	New
	Independent	Malin Hembrom	1,703	1.50%	New
	BSP	Raska Soren	1,422	1.25%	1.16
	Independent	Babu Ram Murmu	1,385	1.22%	New
	Independent	Noel Kishor Marandi	833	0.73%	New
	Independent	Dr. Srilal Kisku	799	0.70%	New
	Independent	Simon Soren	753	0.66%	New
Margin of victory			2,669	2.35%	2.65
Turnout			1,13,419	58.30%	3.47
Registered electors			1,94,533		0.27
	JMM gain from Independent		Swing	7.68

Assembly election 2005

2005 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Dumka

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Stephen Marandi	41,340	38.65%	New
	BJP	Mohril Murmu	35,993	33.65%	0.07
	JMM	Hemant Soren	19,610	18.33%	27.11
	BSP	Dhani Ram Tudu	2,586	2.42%	New
	Independent	Sobha Murmu	1,660	1.55%	New
	SP	Krishna Hansda	1,507	1.41%	New
	CPI(ML)L	Wakil Hansda	831	0.78%	New
	Independent	Pinto Murmu	705	0.66%	New
	Independent	Sanyat Hembram	692	0.65%	New
Margin of victory			5,347	5.00%	6.86
Turnout			1,06,954	54.83%	0.66
Registered electors			1,95,067		14.36
	Independent gain from JMM		Swing	6.79

Assembly election 2000

See also

• Dumka (community development block)
• Masalia
• Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
• List of states of India by type of legislature

References

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• Assembly constituencies of Jharkhand
• Dumka district
• Politics of Jharkhand
• Constituencies established in 2000
• 2000 establishments in Jharkhand